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Full P&L Ownership for Truss Layout & Design Software, Steel Connector Plate manufacturing, Structural Engineering Service and Equipment business servicing the Structural Building Components Industry in ITW's Construction Segment. Responsible for all commercial, operational, quality, innovation, structural & software engineering, financial and talent functions within the business.

Full P&L Ownership for Global Medical Device OEM & Component Supplier in the Filtration and Fluid Control Application space. Responsible for all commercial, operational, quality/regulatory, innovation, financial and talent functions within the business.

Full P&L Ownership for Global Supplier of hot melt machines and solutions for various industries such as Packaging, Disposable Hygiene Products and Automotive. Responsible for all commercial, operational, innovation, financial and talent functions within the business.

Lifecycle/project management for new products in the commercial and medical business units Design, documentation, implementation and management of Continuous Improvement, Visual Management and Medical Project Validation programs. Define and enforce quality principles and practices for medical and commercial business units. Resolve customer complaints concerning commercial and medical filtration products. Interface between Production, Sales, Quality Control, Shipping, Automation, Tooling, Engineering and Product Development for quality solutions, direction, conflict resolution and quality project facilitation. Representative for ISO/TS 16949:2001, ISO 9001:2000, ISO 13485 and ISO 14001: 2004 certification and surveillance auditing.

Lead project and design engineer for growth product recognized in the Des Moines Register, Extreme Makeover Home Edition, NBC's Today Show, Best of IBS, Wall Street Journal, HGTV's Must See List (IBS) and other national print and television communications. $555,000+ in productivity savings over 15 months. Verify and update brand performance requirements with regards to International Building Codes including product review, testing, labeling and reporting. Project winner of 2nd Quarter 2006 company-wide Innovation Award. Lead multiple 2P and 3P Continuous Improvement Events, upholding lean principles in the manufacturing environment.

Technical representative for product team creating medical/industrial/automotive filters. Design and execute testing protocols including fluid dynamics, material functionality, media efficiency, contaminate characterization.